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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Here are some "Make It Yourself" ideas I created and styled for Country Gardens magazine in the Summer 2009 issue. I had a great time shooting this story in VT at Muddy Creek Farm with Jim Westphalen.

I discovered clam baskets make a greathanging chandelier.

Hang with clothesline from a tree, beams or a pergola over your table. Pad the bottomwith moss and stand pillarcandles inside.

Love Buckets! use them to make prettyfloating flowerscapes. Add a floating candle.Place it where your friends will Ohhh and AHHH!!Flowers will look prettyfor days

Chandelier globes from the flea marketmake festive votives for candles.Collect them in different shapes and sizes.I placed them on a metal plant tray linedwith moss as a party idea.

I created this as another way to bringcandlelight to the garden border. Stacking variousold galvanized containers for height.The middle is planted with flowers and the top is filled with water andfloating candles

Oh,..., and you will have enough left over to lay out the fun table runner,... lickety split.

Here's how to make the containers:Gather any straight sided glass vases, glasses, orcontainers. Run two strips of double sided tape, side by side, down theback of the container from top to bottom..Cut crepe paper tothe exact circumference of the vessel. Wrap the cut pieces around the vessel tightly securing with the double sided tape. Tip: pull crepe paper tight around vessel, humidity will make paper buckle.

Here's how to make the table runner:Cover your table with a white tablecloth.Down the center of the table run five long stripes of red crepe paper, the length of the table plus a few inches on each end to hang over.Use double stick tape under ends to hold in place.

Weave lengths of blue paper thru the red in the center. Cut ends to hang over table edge. Use tape under edges to hold.

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I'm Karin and I am a stylist, life style editor, designer, artist, and producer. I create DIY projects and style houses for dozens of magazines, catalogs and websites where you may go to get your design inspiration. I love to create beautiful rooms, vignettes, floral arrangements while creating entertaining ideas. This year I started producing crafts and lifestyle ideas for the CT FOX NEWS Morning Show. This blog is my opportunity to share with you all of the projects I create for Country Living, Better Homes and Gardens, New England Homes Magazine, Traditional Homes and many more. I will also share my exciting and hectic life as a stylist, my favorite styling ideas, the way I work, the places I go and the exciting homes and people I meet. Enjoy and be inspired!